Connecter and support for meters



E. P. BARTHOLOMAY CONNECTER AND SUPPORT FOR METERS Filed June 1925 lNVENTOR v, ATTORNEYS Patented May 31, 1927.

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Application flau ts, 192e, seriai nol ieooa I The presentinvent-ion relates to connecters and supports for meters, and an ob ect of the invention is to provide a construction which is inexpensive to manutacture, and

strong and-durable :in use. Another. object of the invention is to provide a construction in which the meter support and theintake v I partsare the same as those shown in Fig. 1, except that. the inlet arml hasfa'laterally and outlet connections of the meter are em bodied in a single, rigid structure, so that blows on or vibrations in the meter will. not be transmitted to the inlet and outlet connections in such a manner that fracture of the joints between these connections and the meter will take place. -A still furthenobject of the invention isto provide a construction which will permitthe inlet andQout-let connection. as well. as the meter support to, be

embodied in'a single casting. i

I To these and other ends,the invention consists of certain parts and combinations. of parts, all of which will be hereinafter described; the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims' v.In'the'drawings: f

Figs 1 to 8, inclusive, show eight different modifications of the invention in-elevation;."

Fig. 9 is a sectional view through one of the coupling members usually employed in meters of this type; and

Fig. .10 shows the embodiment illustrated in Fig. l in side elevation. I

In all embodiments ot the invention faindicates the meter which usually ,has intake and exhaust openings in opposite walls thereof. I In the embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 1 and 10, there is employed a casting having two vertical arms 1 and 2 and a horizontal connecting arm 3 adjacent the upper ends of the vertical arm. The vertical arm 1 has a vertical passageway 4 formed therein, the lower end of this passageway bending laterally at 5 and connecting with the intake of the meter at. The upper end is enlarged and internally threaded at 6 for reception of the intake pipe 7. The other arm 2 of this casting is rovided with a ver-' which is externally threaded for engagement with the internally threaded collarv 12 turning on the pipeconnection 13 for the outlet pipe.

embodiment of the inventionshown" 1:; I 1n Fig.2, theparts are the same, exceptfthat V theinlet portion of the vertical arm, 1 is externally threaded at 14: for engagement'by the rotary collar 120i thecoupling member 13 Which connects with the inletpipc.

In the embo'diment shown in; Fig. 3, the

turned and externally threadedporti'on 15 at portion 11 on the out-letarm'2, both} the laterally turned portions 11 and; 15 being aligned with the connecting portion 3.

, In the embodimentof the invention shown nally threaded'for engagement with the col- In the'embodiment 'ofthe' invention shown in Fig. 5, the inletarm'l is-formed likethe embodiment shown in Fig. 2, while the out-. "let arm2 hasitsoutlet passage 8'? extending [downwardly to the lower end of the arm where itis internally threaded for engage? ment w th'the outlet piping 16. i

j The embodiment of the invention shown in I F1g. 6 is also like theembodim'ent shown in Fig. '2, except that the arm 2* has a horizon in Fig, ,4, the parts are the same as those 7 shown in Fig. ;1, exceptthat the outlet arm 2 has an upward extension 11? whichis extertal passage 8 in linewith the outlet'ofthe meter casing and extending through an externally threaded projection 11 withwhich outlet coupling 12, 13 may be engaged. v

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in Fig. 7 the inlet arm'lhas an extension 14- which is both internally and externally threaded, adapting either the inlet pipe 7 for connection therewith through tl" internal threads, or the coupling'device 12, 13 therewith through the external threading.

The outlet arm 2 has its lower end extended below the lateral connection 9, the passage 8 leading through said extension, and the ,"interior walls of the extension being externally threaded at T8 for engagement by the outlet piping 16. The passage 8 also extends upwa-rdly in thearm 2 to and through a laterally extending portion 11 which is both internally and externally threaded sothat either the outlet piping 16 may be con-. I

nected thereto through the internal threads or the coupling 12, 13 may. be. connected i In theernhodirnent of the invention shown in Fig. 8,the two arms 1 and 2 are connected through a connecting portion 3, arrang below therne er a, h two, arms Q 1: tending upwardly from the connecting portion.

5 connects With the inlet "of the "nie't erethe up er end oi th pa sage ay xtend with the outlet of the meter ar d its' lower end opens downwardlypthe walls being in- ,t hal y thr ad fq ngag me t by'the exterh l, threa on th ei d 9 h? 0117 9? Pip- I 7 ing 16.

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th se w a m being nnected, by 'e'rie conneot ng member which cooperates. w th o e end of hemet an at the ame fume,

, holds the two arms rigid relation with eachv other. Each ofthe 'armsalso has a ineans adjacentthe end of the passageway where n hr ugh whi h a n t piping or an gn tletpiping; maybe connected to "the This neans may be through the'pItO- si n f an" ex e s on which isieither, Q??- ternally or int rnally h ea ed, "or othe e neene am ay e the gage h P1 P f e met r ca ing-0r th qw'er part, Inone instance, onelOf'the' a ms has two. Pass s, pe m tting he onn tm therewi h fa. Piping om ef om it one or two directionsl'. The-outlet and inlet a s e are med Mme h ch re pr erably soldered throughout their lengths at The arm 1 has a passageway l rtherein which through a laterally turned port on oppg'sit-e sides of the meter and are connected by a rigid portion engaging another 'side'ot -the rneter, thus firmly securingthe meter in noe -hon, and, at he'same Providing rigid connection between the arms. Ears 17 may also be' projected from opposite sides of each of the Vertical arms tobolt the arms a so to the opposite sides of themeter casing a.

I claim as my. invention and desire to secure by LettersPatent isr 1f; The combination wlth a gas meter cas having inlet and outlet openings in" its opposite "side wallseof a combined support we ahdconnection comprising two upright arms fitting against and secured to the exterior of the sidewalls of the meter and extending the same" and having passages "oommunicating with the inlet and outlet openthe said side walls of themeter, a connecting member formed integral with the said far h an xt nd n wQ s hem r and means on the ends ofthe arms for connecting the inlet of the meter with the supplypipe and the outlet witha service pipe.

' 2. The combination with a gas inetercas inghaving inlet and outlet openings in its apposite. ide wa Q e' om d uppo a d enn ctioh Qm'p sme w up arm against and secured to-the exteriorof the side Walls of the meter and extend ng along the same having passages con1 inunicating with the inlet and.outletopenings r in the said side walls of, the n1eter,'a conthe m ter hd orme in gra With and 6011- means on theupper ends of the ar ns for onnect ng th nl t h th met r th supply pipe and the Outlet with th e service Pipe r es ing memb r ex endin across h p n st n he u p r nds. of he Term and v EDWARD R BABTHQLQMAE 7 

